Reading assignments for specific lectures (L) and recitations (R) are listed below. Additional suggested readings are also provided.
| L1 |
Course Overview and Roadmap, Carrier Systems Overview |
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| L2 |
Linear Programming Overview |
Grier, Nathaniel. "Formulating a Mathematical Program: An Overview." 2001. (Cambridge, MA: 1.224 Carrier Systems Tutorial, MIT). (PDF) |
| R1 |
Linear Programming, Software |
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| L3 |
Solving Linear Programming Problems |
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| L4 |
Integer Programming |
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| R2 |
Integer Programming |
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| L5 |
Networks |
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| R3 |
Networks |
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| L6 |
Part 1: Direct Transportation |
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| L7 |
Part 1: Transportation and Procurement |
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| R4 |
Direct Transportation/ Transportation and Procurement |
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| L8 |
Part 2: Transit Vehicle Scheduling |
Blais, J. Y., J. Lamont, and J. M. Rousseau. "The HASTUS Vehicle and Manpower Scheduling System at the Societe de transport de la Communaute urbaine de Montreal." Interfaces 20, no. 1 (1990): 26-42.
Odoni, A. R., J. -M. Rousseau, and N. H. M. Wilson. "Models in Urban and Air Transportation." Chapter 5 in Operations Research and the Public Sector, Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science. Vol. 6. Edited by S. M. Pollock, M. H. Rothkopf, and A. Barnett. 1994, pp. 129-150.
Shen, S. "Vehicle and Crew Scheduling." 2000. (Cambridge, MA: 1.224 Carrier Systems Case Study, MIT). |
| L9 |
Part 2: Transit Crew Scheduling |
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| L10 |
Part 3: Airline Routing and Crew Scheduling |
Barnhart, C., A. M. Cohn, E. L. Johnson, D. Klabjan, G. L. Nemhauser, and P. H. Vance. "Airline Crew Scheduling." In Handbook of Transportation Science. 2nd ed. Edited by Randolph W. Hall. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, November 2001.
Cohn, A. "Making the Trade-off Between Optimality and Tractability When Solving Large Transportation Models: A Case Study on the Airline Industry." 2000. (Cambridge, MA: 1.224 Carrier Systems Case Study, MIT). (PDF) |
| R5 |
Transit Vehicle and Crew Scheduling |
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| L11 |
Part 3: Airline Routing and Crew Scheduling (cont.) |
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| L12 |
Real-time Operations Control |
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| L13 |
Synthesis and Review |
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Additional References
Transit Crew Scheduling (PDF)
Supplemental Textbooks
Bradley, S. P., A. C. Hax, and T. L. Magnanti. Applied Mathematical Programming. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1977.
Winston, W. L. Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1994.